Dashcam footage is bringing renewed attention to e-hailing crime, amid calls for stronger identity checks and coordinated policing. (Image created via Gemini) The growing circulation of dashcam footage showing criminal incidents involving e-hailing vehicles in South Africa is exposing a safety crisis that industry representatives say has persisted for years. Over the past few months,…
The criminal group behind the June breach at MIP Holdings is now extorting South African insurers directly after taking a ransom payment from the software supplier in exchange for an undertaking to destroy the stolen data. Some of the data has now been published online. TechCentral has reviewed material on a dark web leak site…
Sentech will participate in GovTech 2026, taking place from 21–23 September at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC), showcasing its digital infrastructure, connectivity, media and skills development capabilities at a platform focused on shaping South Africa’s digital future. Held under the theme “Building Towards Digital Sovereignty: South Africa as Architect of its Digital Destiny for…
Razer has officially introduced the Tartarus V2 Pro, a hardware update to its specialized one-handed gaming keypad line. Designed for complex control mapping rather than conventional typing, the ergonomic peripheral features 31 fully programmable keys and controls paired with an adjustable palm rest for extended gameplay sessions. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday:…
The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that isn’t indexed by standard search engines. Cyber crime group “The Gentlemen” has dumped data allegedly stolen from insurer Hollard on the dark web, escalating the fallout from a June cyber attack on its third-party technology provider, MIP Group. ITWeb understands the group demanded a…
Vumatel lifted operating profit 57% to R2.16-billion in the 12 months to 31 March 2026, on revenue up 15.3% to R4.43-billion, according to figures disclosed by Remgro in its results for the year to 30 June 2026 published on Friday. It is the first substantial look at what Maziv, the holding company for Vumatel and…
Twenty years ago, PC procurement was pretty straightforward. Business leaders would evaluate hardware specifications and then set off to compare vendors. This process was generally rooted in a single, simple transaction, one and done. Fast-forward to now, and this is no longer the case. IT has evolved to the point that enterprise PCs form part…
The City of Cape Town has begun drafting refined development guidelines for large-scale data centre applications, marking its first formal acknowledgment that current municipal approval frameworks require systemic reform. The policy shift arrives alongside confirmation that a controversial rezoning approval granted in July for a hyperscale data centre precinct at King Air Industria has been…
Matthew Farquhar, CFP, Executive Director at SureStart. (Picture: Supplied) Most insurance distribution models scale the traditional way; more customers mean more staff – more brokers, more back-office support staff and a larger claims team. SureStart, an authorised financial services provider (FSP 47233), an independent digital insurance broker and embedded insurance expert, has taken a different…
Anthropic said Claude “leads” 26% of the AI research and development work inside the company, part of new measures that it will publish regularly to show outsiders how quickly AI is building the next generation of the technology. AI also collaborated with humans on more than 90% of the research work happening at the company…
